Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-25

ly signed, asking that Clay n.
Dickinson be again appointed to the posi-
tion of village policeman aud night watch
| man, which he held SO long. The petition
| is now in the hands of the trustees, await
! ing their action. Mrs. Lane, mother of
! Rev. Father Lane, who has been here Wis
iting him for several weeks, went Friday
to Boston, where she expects to remain
for some time. The graded school schOl-
ars are having II two weeks vacation, and
! the college vacation will begin next Tues
day.
There was special business meeting
of the Congregational society at the church
! Saturday afternoon with full attendance
! Hon. John w. Stewart offered aud sup
| ported a series of resolutions to the effect
| that the society approve the action of the
church in granting the pastor, Rev. 5 H.
| b. Speare, a two months leave of alb.
scence; that the prudential committee
make provision for the supply of the pul
pit in case the supply provided by Mr.
Speare should fail that no unnecessary
repairs be made and the debt be not in
creased, and chat the prudential commit
! tee should circulate a subscription
paper in order to raise funds
! The resolutions were adopted with unan
unity. Mrs. Sophronia (Nimlet) Foot
wife of G. W. Foot, died at u. m. Satur
day, aged 16. The funeral will take place
from the house Monday at 2. p. m. The
people who live up the river are apprehen-
sve that great damage will result to prop
erty and stock from floods in case of a
sudden thaw ..... james Sullivan is get
| ting along as comfortably as possible with
his broken arm, and is well cared for by
Russell Post .... Genuine new" maple
| sugar is on sale. ...... The annual
school meeting of the village dis
trict, No. f. will be held March %,
it will he more largely.attended and lively
than usual Mrs. Orin Abbey has re
ceived news of the death OF her brother,
Judge Edwin Lawrence, in Michigan.
Judge Lawrence died in June last and al
though letter and papers were mailed to
Mrs. Abbey at the time they never arrlv-
ed. Judge Lawrence was graduated from
Middlebury college in the class of 1929.
:. go. Bert Wright gave pleasant party
the other evening to large number of his
young friends at his brothers home, near
the W9ybrdge line and they all enjoyed
Il fine time.
There were a good many people in town
Monday, but the quantity of butter
brought in for sale was comparatively
small. Old butter sold for from 20 cents
per pound down, while new brought as
high as "A cents. a runaway with curious
result occurred at noon on Sunday. Med
die Blssette's horse after good run land
ed upon the piazza of j. Il. Buttolph's
house, breaking only the glass in one of
the doors and the oss-bar of the cutter.
49,. Rev DR.. White of Boston, who has
been engaged to supply the pulpit of the
Congregational church during the pas
tors absence on his two months vacation
in California, began his ministrations on
sunday The funeral of Mrs. G. w.
Foot took place Monday afternoon, the
services being held at the house. A large
number of friends and neighbors were in
attendance upon the services which were
conducted by Rev. Mr.. Palmer pastor of
the Baptist church.
Mrs. Fuller w, Pierce on Sunday missed
S3S which she had had in her purse, and it
Is supposed that it was stolen. Monday
morning an old negro who has been work
ing about the house was arrested on sus-
picion and locked up in Jail. But he
stoutly maintained his innocence and later
III the day was set At liberty. No
tangible clue has been found to
the missing money. Joseph Bat
tell is III New York this week with
party of horses of Lambert stock, mostly
by Motion" for sale at the auction sales
which began Tuesday He has Joseph
La Rocks fine 3-year ola along with him
-. Assistant Postmaster Burke, who has
been laid up for some days, has recovered
sufficiently to resume his duties. ..... Ap-
prehensons of damage from the coming
thaW are growing greater daily. ...,. Ben,
f. Churchill, who graduated a few days
ago from medical college in New York
city with high honors, does not intend to
return to town, but expects to remain in
New York and practice his profession
Allan Calhoun has had a big offer for an
paratus, but has not yet decided to accept
the offer. Willis Il. Craig, Esq, a ris-
ing young lawyer of Minneapolis, Mimi.
is town. He graduated from college here
in the class of 1876.
The exhibition by the junior class of the
college, which was to to have been held
on Tuesday, but was postponed on ac-
count OF the storm, will be held at the
beginning OF the next term on Tuesday
evening, April r.. The other day a
COW belonging to James Haley died. A
subscription paper was passed around to
obtrln money to buy him another, and in
about two hours over S47 was Laised .......
Dr. ID. c. Hawley of Burlington will de
liver the next lecture in the Young Mems
Christian association course. 1t will take
place Friday evening this week, and Dr.
HaWley's subject Will be Health"
} vergennes.
Tuesday is charter election in Vergennes
We have not seen the slate, but the pres
ent officials show a good record, and as
, good men are scarce, "let well enough
alone .... Weather makers claim that
as the wind did not blow from the south
the 10th the snow will not 90 off in body
..... Mr.. Midas Taggart of Burlington
formerly of this locality, was in town
Monday .....C. j. Alger, Burlington, was
looking after his tenants in the Sherman
block Saturday Mr.. w. X. Dalrymple
has ID. b. Dinslow engaged in fixing up
his stock of goods, which will be put in
about the LIST PROXY w. ii. II. Murray
is purchasing ship building lumber of H.
: p Fisher for his ship yard, Bur
lington. Last purchase, between
5000 and 5000 feet in amount .....
Persons from the west shore of the lake
visiting here Sunday, report an abund-
ance OF surface water on the ice, but cross
ing safe ...,..W j. Thompson intends oc-
cupyng the store soon to be vacated by
Mr.. Dalrymple, for his stock of groceries,
..,...W. III. Tyler, station agent at Char
lOtte, reported at railroad headquarters
Monday that he was unfit for duty on ac-
count of Il painful rheumatic trouble .....
Mr.. j. j. Whalen, with George |. Hager
of Burlington, spent Sunday with his
, brother, Mr., j. f. Whalen, our new sta
2 tion agent .....R Rev. Mr.. Austin at the
Methodist church, in the course of his ser.
mon Sunday, referred to the evangelist
Burchard OF years ago, AS n man of thea
trical antecedents of purely mercenery
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